Swansea City appoint Luke Williams as boss

[Marky Mark]

We all know how this pan's out:
Williams goes to Swansea and tries to implement Willo-ball.
December 2024 with Swansea slumped in 20th in the Championship they sack Luke Williams just before the January window.
Welcome to the Liberty Stadium Steven Gerrard.


He might as well stay at counteh.

Kind of felt like he’d either taken County as far as he could with either the players he has, or his style of football. It’s one or the other.

[MOTG]

They should get Wayne Rooney in ASAP.

I was thinking more like Sir Jack Lester

Steve Evans ? He looks a Pie Man.

Mattey Taylor ?

[stagmanrob]

The manager prior to Duff (Russell Martin who is now at Southampton) was employed based on possession and "successful pass completion" stats.

He was very much of the Luke Williams ilk.... they couldn't defend at all and kept making silly mistakes at the back to gift the other team goals.
He started out exactly the same with Southampton once he left to go there too, but they now seem to have got the balance right when out of possession, and they have since gone on a bit of a run of victories....but they do have a big budget and should rightly be up there, they brought in millions from player sales alone.

Swansea will be a different kettle of fish, and they aren't a big club with big scope to make substantial changes in that division - they punch above their weight when they do well.

Williams has no plan B at all, I can't see him doing that well where others before him haven't either. He comes across as a really nice and honest bloke though, so would like to see him succeed....preferably not with a Welsh club or County though

To quote Adam Murray - "There's possession football, and there's possession without a purpose football"

Against the better sides, Notts are entirely the latter when they are forced backwards. Can't defend for toffee either as they rely on having the ball so much that they feel they don't need to.

Will watch how all this unfolds with interest.

[cassellswasmagic]

He'd be a fool to turn that down...

Has 1 way of playing..

Lost 10 games already

Conceded 47 goals

Won non league play offs though.....

County might be better without him imo.

[Cleveland_Stag]

He'd be a fool to turn that down...

Has 1 way of playing..

Lost 10 games already

Conceded 47 goals

Won non league play offs though.....

County might be better without him imo.

I’m sure County will hire someone who has the exact same philosophy and outlook on how to play as Williams. It’ll be interesting to see how they do the second half of the season because I’d be shocked if they don’t sign two new CB’s who come into their side straight away.

[PEAR CIDER]

The manager prior to Duff (Russell Martin who is now at Southampton) was employed based on possession and "successful pass completion" stats.

He was very much of the Luke Williams ilk.... they couldn't defend at all and kept making silly mistakes at the back to gift the other team goals.
He started out exactly the same with Southampton once he left to go there too, but they now seem to have got the balance right when out of possession, and they have since gone on a bit of a run of victories....but they do have a big budget and should rightly be up there, they brought in millions from player sales alone.

Swansea will be a different kettle of fish, and they aren't a big club with big scope to make substantial changes in that division - they punch above their weight when they do well.

Williams has no plan B at all, I can't see him doing that well where others before him haven't either. He comes across as a really nice and honest bloke though, so would like to see him succeed....preferably not with a Welsh club or County though

To quote Adam Murray - "There's possession football, and there's possession without a purpose football"

Against the better sides, Notts are entirely the latter when they are forced backwards. Can't defend for toffee either as they rely on having the ball so much that they feel they don't need to.

Will watch how all this unfolds with interest.

Saints haven spent as much as you think. 20mil there about for 3 players and the rest are loans. They made about 150m in sales, not including their parachute payment.

[Gruff]

The problem with losing a manager this time of year is finding a replacement quickly.
Unless the board are dictating the transfers, then a new manager is likely to be stuck with the players currently in the squad, so would assume that part of the delay in Williams moving has potentially been Notts looking for a replacement.

In fairness, Williams has transformed Notts, when you consider how poor they were for a number of years, and probably could have had them promoted again in the next few seasons had he stayed.

I guess we'll be playing a team with a "New manager Bounce" or a rudderless ship in a couple of weeks then...

[yorkshire stag]

Has he gone yet ?

[victor A block]

Has he gone yet ?

He's just gone to pick Langstaff up.

[ST4GS]

Has he gone yet ?

He's just gone to pick Langstaff up.

Heard they want too much for Langstaff but not to Swansea. Jones and Crowley deals could develop but stumbling issues with both. Rotherham linked with one player? Not all bad news. They are signing a big cultured centre back from Drogheda ?? according to sources to plug a gapping hole in their defence.

[Richard Cranium]

They ain’t going to lose Langstaff, Jobes and Crowley all this month surely

[stagmanrob]

Jodi Jones always looked better than this level when he was at Coventry, but was massively inconsistent, then came the injuries.

Another talented player but doubt he'd get into our side as mad as that seems to say.

There's a lot to be said about talented players, but we are a team that has the right mix of that with sheer hard work - and for me that's far more important for the overall context of a team.

I'd even go as far as to say our team works better with an Akins in it, than it would with a Langstaff spear heading it. That alone makes you sound mental when you know the amount of goals Langstaff can score.

[Sandy Pate Best Stag]

It’s beginning to look like a done deal and is expected to be completed this evening according to East Midlands Today.

What are the odds of McGoldrick taking over initially as player manager?

[Sneag]

It’s beginning to look like a done deal and is expected to be completed this evening according to East Midlands Today.

What are the odds of McGoldrick taking over initially as player manager?

That would be agood shout, as their fans will cut him a bit more slack.

Hopefully he'll have the same impact Shearer had Newcastle.

[yorkshire stag]

it’s all coming together nicely lol

[victor A block]

Agent "Gold" . You have 1 mission. Do not tamper with the defence or goalkeeper.

[Dan]

Has he gone yet ?

Cleared his office today so will probably be announced in the morning.

[stagmanrob]

Jim O'Brien offered the job.
I expect that is on a caretaker basis as he is still a registered player, but he has definitely been offered it.

[Dan]

Jim O'Brien offered the job.
I expect that is on a caretaker basis as he is still a registered player, but he has definitely been offered it.

Took training today.

[stagmanrob]

Someone I know knows his girlfriend. She's a Yorkshire lass.

[kyle b]

If you all want a bigger laugh some guy on a league 2 banter page on facebook thinks they’ll get clough

[stagmanrob]

If you all want a bigger laugh some guy on a league 2 banter page on facebook thinks they’ll get clough

The Haslam and Dearden era where that happened was a long time ago....

[Martin Shaw]

[HitchcocksShins]

Watch County get Michael Duff in

[PostmanPat]

3 team Dan won’t be happy

Up the stags!!